PITTSBURGH — The Colorado Rockies have the most runs in the National League with 344, but they’ve mustered just four over the first two games of a three-game series against the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park.
Pirates starters Jameson Taillon and Gerrit Cole kept the Rockies bats’ quiet on Monday and Tuesday.
“That’s a good offensive team that back-to-back nights we’ve executed some pretty good pitches (against),” manager Clint Hurdle said on Tuesday.
But they weren’t completely shutting them down. The Rockies had 11 hits against Taillon and others Monday. While Cole and the bullpen gave up just four hits Tuesday, they also walked four and allowed another to reach on an error, meaning the Rockies had plenty of baserunners.